Caustics Light Cinema 4d

In this tutorial see how to use MAXON CINEMA 4D to create light reflecting and refracting off of objects. In this example you'll create a bronze ring. Create surface caustics in CINEMA 4D. Click through to watch this video on studiodaily.com

Learn how easy it is to use Vue atmospheres/skies to light your cinema 4d scenes, even if you don't have Vue Xstream. It's simple to do and can give some lovely results. Whether you're new to MAXON's popular 3D modeling application or are just looking to get better acquainted ...more

Turn Cinema 4d into your own lighting studio! This tutorial shows you how to use the HDRI Light Kit Pro kit of plugins and addons to create unique lighting effects - add your own softboxes, ring lights and other sources to improve your renders.

Nick from Greyscale Gorilla demonstrates how to master the Ambient Light and Area Light feature in Cinema 4D. These are great tools for creating believable and organic lighting effects.

Nick from Greyscale Gorilla shows you great techniques for getting professional quality textures in Cinema 4D. He also talks you through the update of HDRI Light Kit v. 1.1 to v. 1.1.

In this series of instructional software videos, our computer animation expert demonstrates some of the more advanced features in CINEMA 4D. Part 1 of 9 - How to Light and texture in CINEMA 4D. Light and texture in CINEMA 4D - Part 2 of 9. Click through to watch this video on ...more

In this video series, our expert John Carstarphen will show you how to create an array, do a light falloff, change the light intensity, and scale an array. He will also teach you how to do overall illumination, use the area light effect, create realism with shadows, and use mo ...more

In this video series, our expert John Carstarphen will show you how to create boolean scripts, create the first light, streetlights, mood, and depth. He will also show you how to edit colors, do a graduated background, add illumination, and how to use volumetric light and shad ...more

In this video series, our expert John Carstarphen will show you how to create a white card, render and balance settings, and increase the quality of your work. He will also teach you how to hide the white card, increase the scene brightness, and add reflective surfaces. Part 1 ...more

In this C4D user's guide, see how to light a subject using luminance channels. Whether you're new to MAXON's popular 3D modeling application or are just looking to get better acquainted with Cinema 4D and its various features and functions, you're sure to enjoy this free video ...more

Linear Workflow is automatically activated in new projects in Cinema 4D and is a feature to ensure that lighting falloff is rendered more accurately and realistically on light sources, textures and reflections. Greyscale Gorilla explains the concept in this demonstration video ...more

In this tutorial, you'll see how to export a normals pass from Cinema 4D and how to use it to re-light objects in 2D inside of After effects and Fusion 5. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular motion graphics and compositing software or a seasoned video professional just looki ...more

Nick from Greyscale Gorilla demonstrates how to use the ever-useful CS Tools plug-in (Daylight) for Cinema 4D. This feature enables you to fine-tune your key light and other precise ambient settings.

This video shows you how to recreate the iPod Nano commercial using the tracer tool in MoGraph in CINEMA 4D. The tutorial goes over creating an iPod from scratch and adding the light streams. Mylenium is a bit hard to understand, but the lesson is very detailed. Recreate the i ...more

In this video series, our expert John Carstarphen will show you how to use walls, windows, and spline objects. He will also show you how to use the NURBS loft, copy and scale objects, use floor trim, and add a backdrop. He will also show you how to texture the trim, add a back ...more

There is no such thing as a perfect Cinema 4D render. There are always more techniques to learn to improve your skills at using this powerful software. This video will teach you how to use the light objects options to reduce the gradients on surfaces in your rendering, making ...more

In this tripartite video tutorial, you'll learn how to create image-based lighting and depth-of-field effects within C4D. Whether you're new to MAXON's popular 3D modeling application or are just looking to get better acquainted with Cinema 4D and its various features and func ...more

In this C4D user's guide, see how to create and employ volumetric lighting. Whether you're new to MAXON's popular 3D modeling application or are just looking to get better acquainted with Cinema 4D and its various features and functions, you're sure to enjoy this free video so ...more

In this clip, you'll learn how to use global illumination within a C4D scene. Whether you're new to MAXON's popular 3D modeling application or are just looking to get better acquainted with Cinema 4D and its various features and functions, you're sure to enjoy this free video ...more

If you know how to use After Effects, you're probably very familiar with the ability to add 3D lights to a scene, and allow them to interact with 3D layers. In 3D applications like CINEMA 4D, lights are an essential part of your project, but how do you make them look at a spec ...more

Nick from Greyscale Gorilla presents a fantastic tutorial on texturing objects in Cinema 4D. This is especially helpful for creating realistic looking objects. Describing his workflow, his process is incredibly informative

Create a three-dimensional logo in Cinema 4D and Photoshop with realistic lighting, reflection and shadows. The render is created in 3D inside Cinema 4D using Mograph Text and a bend deformer, textured and lit for initial reflections, and polished in Photoshop with blending mo ...more

In this Photoshop tutorial, Richard Harrington takes a look at balancing out exposure issues inside of Photoshop CS4. Mixed lighting on a photo can cause portions of the image to be too bright or too dark, fortunately Photoshop gives us some great tools to take care of these t ...more

Nick from Greyscale Gorilla shows you the basics of setting up a project file, creating a scene, and rendering a final image in Cinema 4D. He also does a basic tutorial for post-production HDR lighting. Go here for the HDR map and C4D Project file: greyscalegorilla.com/blog/2 ...more

This tutorial walks through the process of building a grungy scene. Starting with an overview of the process and scene elements, you will learn how to use stacked layers. Mixing them with alpha channels you can build up complex materials; in this case rust and dirt on a nice c ...more

This tutorial will show you how to make your hair module materials multi-colored. There are also some tips on setting up lights to help sell the hairy look. Whether you're new to MAXON's popular 3D modeling application or are just looking to get better acquainted with Cinema 4 ...more

After Effects allows you to do all sorts of amazing things to your videos and images, but it cannot do it all alone. This video will show you how to use an After Effects plugin called Normality 3 to make lighting adjustments to 3D assets on the fly, having already rendered out ...more

In this video tutorial, CreativeCOW leader, Eran Stern demonstrates how to create flower trails using Trapcode Particular in this special holiday episode. You'll also work with the light emitter and use 3D layer to obscure particles. Creative Cow is a support community for di ...more

In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Michael Park shows you how to create a realistic 3d earth, complete with clouds and atmosphere, using only After Effects' built in effects. Special attention will be given to combining multiple instances of the CC Sphere effect to cr ...more

In this tutorial, Broadcast Designer Jason Brown will show you how to knock out a vector logo from Adobe Illustrator into a 3D logo in Maxons Cinema 4D. The tutorial also touches on basic texturing, lighting and animation. Creative Cow is a support community for digital video ...more

CSTools are free plug-ins that are available for your Cinema 4D application. In this tutorial, Nick will show you how to use the plug-in called Flicker. Flicker is a fun add-on, although you may not use it often. It can be used to add a "flicker" to things like campfires, cand ...more

Learn how to create a world in microcosm with this C4D user's guide. While the end result is not particularly pretty the tutorial does show you how do deal with lighting the Hair Render through another layer, creating a cloud layer and the texture for a bubble.

Nick from Greyscale Gorilla shows you a great way of playing around with shapes in order to play around with lighting and shadows. Most of this approach is very conceptual, but it's incredibly important to import ideas for later projects.

Using HDRI Lighting and Particles in Cinema 4D, Nick from Greyscale Gorilla gives a great tutorial on creating a black and white balloon animation. These tools give a very slick and organic look to your projects.

In this C4D user's guide, learn how to ctrl-drag axes to bypass the object axis tool; how to change a group axis with several selected items; how to set a light to negative values to make darker areas; and how to undo camera (view) moves by choosing "shift-command-Z." Whether ...more

This tutorials shows you how to set up a grassy scene, using C4D's Hair engine. Learn about the importance of lights and shadows and scene scale. Whether you're new to MAXON's popular 3D modeling application or are just looking to get better acquainted with Cinema 4D and its v ...more

This three-part tutorial goes over how easy it is to incorporate and apply shaders within your 3D project in CINEMA 4D (release 9). The first part goes over material properties, the second goes over using Deepshade, and the last goes over manipulating default lighting to get a ...more

In this video series, our expert John Carstarphen will show you how to integrate 2D and 3D, add geometry, place geometry, do frontal mapping, alter image distortion, and match lighting. He will teach you how to place a tube object, fine tune the animation, and about keyframes. ...more